What You Hear and What You Say: Language Performance in Spanish English Bilinguals.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE: This study assesses the factors that contribute to Spanish and English language development in bilingual children. METHOD: 757 Hispanic Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten age children completed screening tests of semantic and morphosyntactic development in Spanish and English. Parents provided information about their occupation and education as well as their children's English and Spanish exposure. Data were analyzed using zero-inflated regression models (comprising a logistic regression component and a negative binomial or Poisson component) to explore factors that contributed to children initiating L1 and L2 performance and factors that contributed to building children's knowledge. RESULTS: Factors that were positively associated with initiating L1 and L2 performance were languag

SUBMITTER: Bohman TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3128885 | biostudies-literature | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature